Day 53 - Fastelavn

So today is fastelavn. It's a sort of Fat Tuesday / Carnival / Halloween hybrid.

Kids dress up. There's even a danish piñata! In Danish, it's slå katten af tønden, or "hit the cat out of the barrel". Like this.

The barrel is filled with candy / toys / etc. They usually draw a cat on the barrel. In the old days the barrel contained an actual live cat. A black one. Kids would beat the barrel until the cat escaped. Oh the fun of kids terrorizing trapped domesticated animals!

Danes also eat fastelavnsboller on fastelavn. They look like this.

Danes don't mess around with pastries. These look delicious.

Sadly I didn't see any miniature Spidermen bashing barrels with sticks today. There's always hope for next year.